Note: Alliance for Audited Media data is total average paid circulation for six months ending on Sept. 30 for 2009-2014 and for three months ending on Sept. 30 for 2015. The print runs of the Baltimore Afro-American and the Washington Afro-American papers were combined in June 2015. This chart tracks Tuesday’s circulation for the Philadelphia Tribune.
Source: Alliance for Audited Media for all papers but the Chicago Defender (Verified Audit Circulation Publisher’s Statement for total average paid circulation from April 1-Sept. 30).
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